An IMPORTANT MESSAGE from Jenna Miscavige Hill at exscientologykids:
Author Message Jenna
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: The Church Contacted Me...
Hi Guys, Please repost this everywhere you can. This is why I am doing what I am doing.
So where do I begin.... I did an interview this week with ABC nightline. They of course had to call the Church for comment which they did.
Last night at 11pm while we were in bed we got a call from Dallas's father. He said he was 20 minutes away from our house and he was driving down from a meeting he had today and in the car with him were 2 Sea Org members from OSA Int and they were coming to talk to us at our house.
He said that they had come to talk to him but he insisted that we should be there and that they wanted to talk to us. So they just decided it was okay to drop in on us in the middle of the night in true Sea Org style.
I told him that they could absolutely not come to my house and that they need to call me and tell me that they apologize and want to sort this out before I even consider meeting with them. A couple of minutes later I got a call from Angie Blankenship (she was the CO CMO CW while I was in CMO CW for many years and we last I heard she was COB's Programs Operator. She said she was with Jenny Devocht/Linson who was the CO CMO CW, WDC FLB and CO CMO Int. For those of you who this is all gibberish to, they are both VERY high Church Executives. She said she was here to sort things out. So reluctantly
I agreed to meet with them. Mostly for the purpose of demonstrating the truth of what goes on to Dallas's parents.
We met at Denny's because it was the only place open. We sat down at a table. Both of these women looked like they hadn't slept in years!
We were there until 4 o'clock in the morning....
Within seconds of sitting down they proceeded to accuse me of "attacking my auditor", "using my uncle's name for my 15 minutes of fame because otherwise nobody would care about what I have to say", "lying about my upbringing", and telling me my mom was a horrible dishonest woman without the slightest thought of sensitivity. They said I had denounced Scientology and that was a Suppressive Act.
Just their usual antics. They asked us what our beef was. We told them about sleep deprivation, being held against my will, being separated from my parents, our friends being separated from their families. Everything we brought up, they laughed aloud and acted as if these things were preposterous and was saying how my education was so much better than what I would have gotten in the "wog world". We told them that they were denying everything we said to which they responded, "That's not true!", "Absolutely Not!" - they couldn't even see this and immediately denied that!
After down and dirty inavoidable questions they admitted that we did heavy labor for hours on a daily basis at the Ranch. They even pulled out a photo album and showed Dallas and his parents photos of us rock-hauling and mixing cement and building rock walls and other manual labor! They said that the fact that we didn't see our parents except for once a week was the same as any boarding school. They said that fact that I didn't see my mom but once from the age of 12-16 and by dad but 3 times and all for less than 30 minutes, they said that this was totally normal and like any other boarding school. Angie admitted to not letting me talk to my friends because they were in a lower level organization. Angie and Jenny both admitted to refusung to allow me to call my parents when I was 14 years old. They admitted to the fact that I was being held against my will in an auditing room, but said that after taking a walk and 4 hours that I later went back into the room and this was not against my will so this voided the previous 3 hours of kicking and screaming to try and get out of a 5x5 auditing room. They admitted that both of the areas where Dallas and I worked were deprived of sleep for days. They admitted that it was absolute bogus that my Aunt Sarah was declared a suppressive person and went on to blame it on Mark Ingber who is long gone.
In fact they blamed 99% of these things on Marty Rathbun (may he R.I.P), Mike Rinder, Tom Devocht and Dan Koon (of all people!). This is despite the fact that Jenny single handedly physically did not allow me to get on the plane to be with my parents when I was 12 years old after reading me a long excerpt of KSW. That Angie was witness every week, if not responsible for the fact that all of the minors at CW who were only schooled once a week.
They pleaded with me to pull the ABC Nightline deal. They said if I did, they would go through and cancel all of the B.S. allegations about me, that they would see about lifting the declare on several of my friends and would get all the data out on the table.
After Dallas's parents pleaded with us to try and cooperate so that they wouldn't have to decide between us and Scientology, we told them we would think about it and would call them the next morning. They tried to pressure us into making a descision then and there and we told them that it wasn't gonna happen. They told us not to talk to anybody about this meeting and to please not post about it on the internet.
The moment we left we decided that there was no way we would pull the Nightline deal. We never said anything but the truth. We decided that we would tell them this and that we would be willing to hold off on future interviews if they came through with their promise because we definitly cannot trust them and they needed to prove that they were really taking responsibility first.
The next morning we woke up and left our house and went out to breakfast for an hour. From there we took a round-about way to stop by my office in downtown because I had ordered some roses which came in. As we get onto the freeway Dallas noticed a white Ford sedan far behind on the on ramp. Trying not to be paranoid he thought nothing of it. As we switched freeways and went another ten miles he noticed the same car still following us.After arriving downtown on all the oneway streets he started noticing the car would never pull up directly behind him and kept swerving lanes.
We went in a circle because of oneway streets in downtown and Dallas was taking his time not coming in right away and I didn't know why. We were inside for 15 minutes getting my roses and Dallas now sees the same car down the street on the side of the road. He takes off pretty abrubtly into traffic and I think he is a crazy driver already. A block later Dallas says to me, "Jenna I think we are being followed. See that white car 3 lanes right of us, I am going to make the next left and he will swerve across and follow us." He did just that!
Dallas kept going in circles trying to see how many shifts this guy was going to make. At one point he pulled up in front of us and we got his license plate here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354212/
Then we took off again and he came behind us and so I had to get out of my seat turn around and get a shot here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354216/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24675028@N07/2334354220/
He could see we spotted him and knew we were taking pics so he pulled over and then he was gone.
OSA or RTC or whoever it is, you have officially lost all opportunity of us trying to work it out internally.
That was your last chance and you BLEW IT!
Not only have you upset me, but you have upset my parents.
I guess I wont be holding back on that CNN interview after all.
Best, Jenna
Scientology HARASSES Jenna Miscavige Hill and her Husband
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Scientology Questions From Anonymous
"Some honest questions scientologists need to ask themselves. Feel free to respond in comments" That's what this YouTube video says. It's an important message.
Scientology Questions from Anonymous
Well, I'm all for this video. The current situation is more than about a Tom Cruise video or menacing the Church of Scientology just because ther Anons feel it's way past payback time for all the dirty deeds CoS done to mankind.
It's about the members who are not being allow to question things - a necessary componient of the freedom to think for themself. I was once one of them, for many years. Asking why is a start. Kudos for Anonymous in Netherlands for posting this.
You can find the video at YouTube
Scientology Questions from Anonymous
Well, I'm all for this video. The current situation is more than about a Tom Cruise video or menacing the Church of Scientology just because ther Anons feel it's way past payback time for all the dirty deeds CoS done to mankind.
It's about the members who are not being allow to question things - a necessary componient of the freedom to think for themself. I was once one of them, for many years. Asking why is a start. Kudos for Anonymous in Netherlands for posting this.
You can find the video at YouTube
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
"USA - Urgently need someone experienced in muzzled destim program" said the ad
"Urgently need someone experienced in muzzled destim program"???
What is this Scientology MUZZLED DESTIM PROGRAM ?
Well, it may possibly be a part of the infamous Introspection Rundown.
You see, Scientology not only tries hard to silence it's critics, it has a history of driving to suicide or killing it's members who become mentally unstable. So what is a cult to do? Create the Muzzled Destimulation Program" as a preliminary step to the of the original Interspection Rundown? It makes sense since they were sued for the use of the original in the sad and preventable death of McPherson.
Scientology kills particularly when the tactics used violate basic human rights to life and prevent proper medical help.
In this way, it killed Lisa McPherson, Dale Bogen and so many others.
I don't make this stuff up. The evidence is out there. Been going on for years. Google "scientology kills" or the above names names and see for yourself.
As a result of the criminal investigation of the church related to Lisa McPherson's death, the Church of Scientology created a binding contract with members and it is one of the stipulations within the contract that one can be held against their own will pay for and receive the cult's service called the Introspection Rundown:
Scientology's barbaric treatment of members in lieu of some proper medical attention - the kind scientology rejects.
Here's a quote from a stellar article about this 'contract'as published in Razor Magazine "Church's Lethal Contract written By Dr. David S. Touretzky and Peter Alexander:
"Imagine a church so dangerous, you must sign a release form before you can receive its "spiritual assistance." This assistance might involve holding you against your will for an indefinite period, isolating you from friends and family, and denying you access to appropriate medical care. You will of course be billed for this treatment - assuming you survive it. If not, the release form absolves your caretakers of all responsibility for your suffering and death. Welcome to the Church of Scientology."
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Scientology/ReleaseForms/archive/razor-article-2003.html
Well, the contract in question is apparently in active use by the cult. Take a look at the most condemning piece of evidence for it, an advertisement for a job opening over at the Razzline, a Scientologist run cyberspace place for scientologists (SCN's) only to post news, ads and such. The ad is asking for help to muzzle a troubled 21 year old. Because it concerns an unnamed young man in distress, I ask that you say a prayer that the proposed action against him is prevented. Here's the ad:
USA - Urgently need someone experienced in muzzled destim program
Published July 26th, 2007 in CLASSIFIED and JOB OPPORTUNITY.
From: Dan Dempster
USA - Urgently need someone experienced in muzzled destim program
I’m urgently looking for someone who is experienced to do a muzzled destimulation program with a 21-year-old male. May take a number of weeks. Large male preferred. $800 per week plus all expenses.
Beautiful location on a 25-acre waterfront property on a large lake.
Call me right away.
Dan xxx.xxx.xxxx
http://www.therazzline.net/2007/07/26/usa-urgently-need-someone-experienced-in-muzzled-destim-program/
One becomes a member of this RAZZLINE by following the rules in the Membership section. Here are some but not all of the rules:
"How to Sponsor a friend: To sponsor someone you need to inform me of the following things: - That you know the person you’re sponsoring personally - as in you’ve met them face-to-face.- You know them to be a SCN in good standing."
So it is clear that a scientologist named Dan Dempster is looking to provide this terrible violation of essential freedom right to a young man in distress in Los Angeles, CA as I write this. How many others have survived (or not survived) it?
What is this Scientology MUZZLED DESTIM PROGRAM ?
Well, it may possibly be a part of the infamous Introspection Rundown.
You see, Scientology not only tries hard to silence it's critics, it has a history of driving to suicide or killing it's members who become mentally unstable. So what is a cult to do? Create the Muzzled Destimulation Program" as a preliminary step to the of the original Interspection Rundown? It makes sense since they were sued for the use of the original in the sad and preventable death of McPherson.
Scientology kills particularly when the tactics used violate basic human rights to life and prevent proper medical help.
In this way, it killed Lisa McPherson, Dale Bogen and so many others.
I don't make this stuff up. The evidence is out there. Been going on for years. Google "scientology kills" or the above names names and see for yourself.
As a result of the criminal investigation of the church related to Lisa McPherson's death, the Church of Scientology created a binding contract with members and it is one of the stipulations within the contract that one can be held against their own will pay for and receive the cult's service called the Introspection Rundown:
Scientology's barbaric treatment of members in lieu of some proper medical attention - the kind scientology rejects.
Here's a quote from a stellar article about this 'contract'as published in Razor Magazine "Church's Lethal Contract written By Dr. David S. Touretzky and Peter Alexander:
"Imagine a church so dangerous, you must sign a release form before you can receive its "spiritual assistance." This assistance might involve holding you against your will for an indefinite period, isolating you from friends and family, and denying you access to appropriate medical care. You will of course be billed for this treatment - assuming you survive it. If not, the release form absolves your caretakers of all responsibility for your suffering and death. Welcome to the Church of Scientology."
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Scientology/ReleaseForms/archive/razor-article-2003.html
Well, the contract in question is apparently in active use by the cult. Take a look at the most condemning piece of evidence for it, an advertisement for a job opening over at the Razzline, a Scientologist run cyberspace place for scientologists (SCN's) only to post news, ads and such. The ad is asking for help to muzzle a troubled 21 year old. Because it concerns an unnamed young man in distress, I ask that you say a prayer that the proposed action against him is prevented. Here's the ad:
USA - Urgently need someone experienced in muzzled destim program
Published July 26th, 2007 in CLASSIFIED and JOB OPPORTUNITY.
From: Dan Dempster
USA - Urgently need someone experienced in muzzled destim program
I’m urgently looking for someone who is experienced to do a muzzled destimulation program with a 21-year-old male. May take a number of weeks. Large male preferred. $800 per week plus all expenses.
Beautiful location on a 25-acre waterfront property on a large lake.
Call me right away.
Dan xxx.xxx.xxxx
http://www.therazzline.net/2007/07/26/usa-urgently-need-someone-experienced-in-muzzled-destim-program/
One becomes a member of this RAZZLINE by following the rules in the Membership section. Here are some but not all of the rules:
"How to Sponsor a friend: To sponsor someone you need to inform me of the following things: - That you know the person you’re sponsoring personally - as in you’ve met them face-to-face.- You know them to be a SCN in good standing."
So it is clear that a scientologist named Dan Dempster is looking to provide this terrible violation of essential freedom right to a young man in distress in Los Angeles, CA as I write this. How many others have survived (or not survived) it?
Monday, July 02, 2007
Just Give 'em Access to All the Facts & They Can Figure it Out Themselves
Just Give 'em access to all the facts & They Can Figure it Out Themselves!
First, The amazing FAIR Law Suit Tape:
"This tape is as relevant today as it was in 1986 just after L. Ron Hubbard died. I saw this again recently over at Mark Bunker's WOGBLOG, which gives more details.
In the early 80’s, a group of Scientologists started a class-action lawsuit against Scientology. They called their group FAIR. Michael Flynn was brought in to talk to them through the years to share the progress on his various suits. In 1986, they invited him to handle the class action suit."
"For the first time on the net, here is the videotape of a meeting held on Feb. 15, 1986 in which Flynn addressed FAIR and invited Scientologists in attendance to join in the suit if they wished. Most were there to seek justice. As usual a fair number of people were there to disrupt the event. They get asked to leave."
http://xenutv.wordpress.com/2006/12/21/whats-fair-is-fair/
Here is another wonderful blog piece I read today. The hyperlinks are mine, added for reference.
moving in brilliant timing -- The Downside of Higher Education
berkeley314159 at Live Journal 03:51 pm July 1st, 2007
"Thanks to my religion class, I have spent approximately 16 of the last 36 hours reading about Scientology. To say that this has left me in a bit of a mental whirlpool would be an understatement. I now know more about Scientology, it's detractors, and it's splinter groups than ever before. Truth be told, I had no idea that Scientology has splinter groups, but they do. Some of them appear to be pure opportunists, figuring that if people will pay $44,500 for OTIII training materials (not a fake number) than they would happily pay half that amount. Others, believe it or not, feel that the church has strayed from L. Ron Hubbard's original vision and structure since his death in the mid-80s, and offer a 'pure' version of Scientology. The whole experience has been intriguing, bizarre, and at times disturbing, and even though I'm just supposed to give a 10-15 minute presentation, I think at this point I could easily take up the whole two hours and forty minutes. Sadly, I have no idea what this information will ever do for me past the end of the semester. I guess I could use it as a conversation starter at parties (if I ever went to any): "Hey, did you know that during a Scientology audit the E-meter they use runs as much electricity through your system as one session of electroshock therapy? No? Want some punch?" "
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re: The Downside of Higher Education.
"I really enjoyed this blog post of yours! You may not think what you learned will be of value after school end but you have already made an impact by what you have written here. It's already being discussed on usenet and hopefully it will remain on the internet for others to read for years to come. You also have the added personal advantage of being prepared for the future in discerning religious wolves dressed in sheeps clothing.
Just in case readers ask for references on your comment about the Scientology E-Meter voltage to the person vs ECT, here are 2 that you probably read, which I found helpful in understanding what was being done to me over the many years as a member receiving their 'therapy' while giving up my freedoms one by one to do the will of L. Ron Hubbard.
Subliminal Shock Therapy? by Arnaldo Lerma http://www.lermanet.com/exit/shock.htm
The E-Meter Papers - How Does Scientology Auditing Work? The Hidden Influence... by Arnaldo Lerma "Just how long would I have to run a small electric current through your body, while telling you things that you wanted to hear, before you became convinced that I held the secrets of the universe? " http://www.lermanet.com/e-metershort.htm I just thank God I'm alive! Some never made it. :( www.whyaretheydead.net Best wishes for a bright and stable future ~ Mary McConnell "
First, The amazing FAIR Law Suit Tape:
"This tape is as relevant today as it was in 1986 just after L. Ron Hubbard died. I saw this again recently over at Mark Bunker's WOGBLOG, which gives more details.
In the early 80’s, a group of Scientologists started a class-action lawsuit against Scientology. They called their group FAIR. Michael Flynn was brought in to talk to them through the years to share the progress on his various suits. In 1986, they invited him to handle the class action suit."
"For the first time on the net, here is the videotape of a meeting held on Feb. 15, 1986 in which Flynn addressed FAIR and invited Scientologists in attendance to join in the suit if they wished. Most were there to seek justice. As usual a fair number of people were there to disrupt the event. They get asked to leave."
http://xenutv.wordpress.com/2006/12/21/whats-fair-is-fair/
Here is another wonderful blog piece I read today. The hyperlinks are mine, added for reference.
moving in brilliant timing -- The Downside of Higher Education
berkeley314159 at Live Journal 03:51 pm July 1st, 2007
"Thanks to my religion class, I have spent approximately 16 of the last 36 hours reading about Scientology. To say that this has left me in a bit of a mental whirlpool would be an understatement. I now know more about Scientology, it's detractors, and it's splinter groups than ever before. Truth be told, I had no idea that Scientology has splinter groups, but they do. Some of them appear to be pure opportunists, figuring that if people will pay $44,500 for OTIII training materials (not a fake number) than they would happily pay half that amount. Others, believe it or not, feel that the church has strayed from L. Ron Hubbard's original vision and structure since his death in the mid-80s, and offer a 'pure' version of Scientology. The whole experience has been intriguing, bizarre, and at times disturbing, and even though I'm just supposed to give a 10-15 minute presentation, I think at this point I could easily take up the whole two hours and forty minutes. Sadly, I have no idea what this information will ever do for me past the end of the semester. I guess I could use it as a conversation starter at parties (if I ever went to any): "Hey, did you know that during a Scientology audit the E-meter they use runs as much electricity through your system as one session of electroshock therapy? No? Want some punch?" "
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re: The Downside of Higher Education.
"I really enjoyed this blog post of yours! You may not think what you learned will be of value after school end but you have already made an impact by what you have written here. It's already being discussed on usenet and hopefully it will remain on the internet for others to read for years to come. You also have the added personal advantage of being prepared for the future in discerning religious wolves dressed in sheeps clothing.
Just in case readers ask for references on your comment about the Scientology E-Meter voltage to the person vs ECT, here are 2 that you probably read, which I found helpful in understanding what was being done to me over the many years as a member receiving their 'therapy' while giving up my freedoms one by one to do the will of L. Ron Hubbard.
Subliminal Shock Therapy? by Arnaldo Lerma http://www.lermanet.com/exit/shock.htm
The E-Meter Papers - How Does Scientology Auditing Work? The Hidden Influence... by Arnaldo Lerma "Just how long would I have to run a small electric current through your body, while telling you things that you wanted to hear, before you became convinced that I held the secrets of the universe? " http://www.lermanet.com/e-metershort.htm I just thank God I'm alive! Some never made it. :( www.whyaretheydead.net Best wishes for a bright and stable future ~ Mary McConnell "
Monday, June 25, 2007
Hypnosis in Action: Scientology Training Routines
Another gem from XENU TV at Google Video!
Scientology: TR Demo
"This video demonstrates Scientology's basic training routines (TRs) and gives an insight into how Scientologists are indoctrinated into the group."
Watch the trance-like effect of these drills. Scientologists do various courses on the different 'levels' of these drills as well as many, many hours repeating them when told they are not applying them correctly in scientology. I consider the TR's a low level application of hypnoic submission. Enough of it and you'll agree to anything.
You can get a good idea of the hows and whys from reading
'On Scientology's Training Routines (TRs)' By Joe "Zinjifar" Lynn
In it he says:
"To really boil down 'hypnosis' to its simplest form; it's 'becoming comfortable with taking orders'.
Trust and 'authority' are essential elements for someone to be successfully 'hypnotized', and, most of us have ingrained resistance to 'taking direction'. Without the trust of the 'subject' in the 'authority' of the 'hypnotist' there will be no hypnosis.
This extends to such variants as 'autohypnosis', where the subject must trust himself and have respect for his own authority to give himself commands, and be comfortable to follow them, as in the use of 'affirmations', yet another hypnotic exercise.
If there is no trust, and no recognition of authority, there is no hypnosis.
If there is no trust, and no recognition of authority, there is no Scientology.
The 'TRs' are the training in that trust and the practice in accepting the directions to perform even ridiculous tasks and exercises.
Oh, I know, the 'TRs are good!' contingent are now over in the corner mumbling 'Scientology is not hypnotism' to the wall... but, at least they're not clucking or making lawn-mower noises... "
Both of the people in the video were harassed and intimidated by the cult for things including the making of this tape. This is Scientology's application of FAIR GAME. Scientologists believe they gain freedom but unless they do as the cult wants, there is no freedom. Particularly there is a suppression that is not in agreement with scientology policy. I admire these 2 for taking a stand and helping Mark Bunker at XenuTV make this visual demonstration possible. See for yourself what the TR's are:
Visit www.xenutv.com for more informative videos about the cult of scientology
Scientology: TR Demo
"This video demonstrates Scientology's basic training routines (TRs) and gives an insight into how Scientologists are indoctrinated into the group."
Watch the trance-like effect of these drills. Scientologists do various courses on the different 'levels' of these drills as well as many, many hours repeating them when told they are not applying them correctly in scientology. I consider the TR's a low level application of hypnoic submission. Enough of it and you'll agree to anything.
You can get a good idea of the hows and whys from reading
'On Scientology's Training Routines (TRs)' By Joe "Zinjifar" Lynn
In it he says:
"To really boil down 'hypnosis' to its simplest form; it's 'becoming comfortable with taking orders'.
Trust and 'authority' are essential elements for someone to be successfully 'hypnotized', and, most of us have ingrained resistance to 'taking direction'. Without the trust of the 'subject' in the 'authority' of the 'hypnotist' there will be no hypnosis.
This extends to such variants as 'autohypnosis', where the subject must trust himself and have respect for his own authority to give himself commands, and be comfortable to follow them, as in the use of 'affirmations', yet another hypnotic exercise.
If there is no trust, and no recognition of authority, there is no hypnosis.
If there is no trust, and no recognition of authority, there is no Scientology.
The 'TRs' are the training in that trust and the practice in accepting the directions to perform even ridiculous tasks and exercises.
Oh, I know, the 'TRs are good!' contingent are now over in the corner mumbling 'Scientology is not hypnotism' to the wall... but, at least they're not clucking or making lawn-mower noises... "
Both of the people in the video were harassed and intimidated by the cult for things including the making of this tape. This is Scientology's application of FAIR GAME. Scientologists believe they gain freedom but unless they do as the cult wants, there is no freedom. Particularly there is a suppression that is not in agreement with scientology policy. I admire these 2 for taking a stand and helping Mark Bunker at XenuTV make this visual demonstration possible. See for yourself what the TR's are:
Visit www.xenutv.com for more informative videos about the cult of scientology
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
BBC PANORAMA's JOHN SWEENEY IS ONTO SOMETHING BIG
John Sweeney got close and personal with the real cult called scientology and I
commend him for demonstrating that scientology is the only church that specializes in
manipulating minds to hate.
Sweeney was right. They were trying to brainwash him. Unlike scientologists who fear Xenu, John Sweeney reaction was only human. Here's his story:

Row over Scientology video
By John Sweeney
BBC News
Last Updated: Saturday, 12 May 2007, 22:51 GMT 23:51 UK
Scientologists want 'the global obliteration' of psychiatrists
The battleground is YouTube and Scientology's weapon is a clip of me losing it in the "Mind Control" section of a gruesome exhibition.
Scientology has fought many battles to keep its secrets off the web, now they are using it to attack my investigation into them. Scientology has prepared an attack video, and they have shown the Scientology v Sweeney shouting match to anyone who would watch it.
There is talk of 100,000 copies being released.
Family 'disconnects'
Scientology works. That is the message from celebs like John Travolta and Tom Cruise - who is, some say, keen on recruiting new Hollywood arrivals David and Victoria Beckham to what he calls his religion.
Others back the Church in various ways: Chief Superintendent Kevin Hurley of the City of London police helped open a new £20 million Scientology centre in London, and the authorities in the City of London have granted it cut-price rates.
If you are interested in becoming a TV journalist, it is a fine example of how not to do it. I look like an exploding tomato and shout like a jet engine ... it makes me cringe
But start asking questions and you see a different face of Scientology.
While making our BBC Panorama film "Scientology and Me" I have been shouted at, spied on, had my hotel invaded at midnight, denounced as a "bigot" by star Scientologists, brain-washed - that is how it felt to me - in a mock up of a Nazi-style torture chamber and chased round the streets of Los Angeles by sinister strangers.
Back in Britain strangers have called on my neighbours, my mother-in-law's house and someone spied on my wedding and fled the moment he was challenged.
I have met mothers who say they have suffered Scientology "disconnects" - meaning that their children have cut them completely out of their life so that they can spend more time with an organisation which a judge in 1984 characterised as "corrupt, sinister and dangerous".
Psychiatry battle
Scientology has two faces - nice and smiley, and sinister and dark. If you do not believe me, go and see their exhibition in Los Angeles, Psychiatry: Industry of Death. You enter through a door that is a mock-up of a torture chamber.
Scientologists want "the global obliteration" of psychiatrists, who they say were to blame for the rise of Nazi Germany.
To prove their point, they showed me hideous images of people having needles stuffed in their eyeballs, of patients undergoing electric shocks and having their brains operated on.
Sickening, nasty and wholly unconvincing - modern psychiatry, for all its faults, is not Nazi and to press the point in the way that Scientology does devalues the horror of the Holocaust.
I felt as though I was being brain-washed - and that if I did not fight it, they would have taken over my mind.
Ironically or not, it was in the "Mind Control" section of the exhibition that I lost it.
'Exploding tomato'
As often in life, I snapped over something completely different and quite trivial.
Top Scientologist Tommy "Don't mention the word cult" Davis had been goading me all week, and on the seventh day I fell into his elephant trap. He shouted at me and I shouted back, louder.
If you are interested in becoming a TV journalist, it is a fine example of how not to do it. I look like an exploding tomato and shout like a jet engine and every time I see it makes me cringe.
I apologised almost immediately, Tommy carried on as if nothing had happened but meanwhile Scientology had rushed off copies of me losing it to my boss, my boss's boss and my boss's boss's boss, the Director-General of the BBC.
I lost my voice, but not my mind.
This is the context Scientology will not tell you about. I have met too many good people who say Scientology was founded by a liar, L Ron Hubbard; that it attacks its critics without mercy; and the celebrities who endorse it have not the foggiest idea what it is really like.
Take "Rosemary", who is an ordinary mum and lives in England. She had two children and one died. Her surviving daughter was also her best friend. Then her daughter joined Scientology and her mother saw less and less of her.
Almost two years ago she received a "disconnect" - a letter cutting her mother out of her life totally.
Rosemary received no Christmas cards, no birthday cards, no Mother's Day cards.
Rosemary said Scientology was a cult. It was one of the most moving and shocking interviews I have ever done.
Out of the blue, three hours after we left, her daughter came round for the first time in almost two years seeking a reconciliation. The next day she begged her mum not to use the interview. So we won't.
Pay as you go
In Florida I met Mike Henderson, who with his wife Donna Shannon, spent $1m over three decades on Scientology's path to superhuman powers. When the couple left, they were disconnected from 20-odd family members left inside Scientology.
Mike's father - also disconnected - is dying, but five out of his six children will not speak to him because they are still inside Scientology.
After a long day with Mike and Donna we went back to our hotel at midnight, only to find Tommy Davis waiting in the lobby with his own black-clad Scientology cameraman.
He harangued me for talking to the heretics. I told him that Scientology had been spying on the BBC and that was creepy.
In LA, the moment our hire car left the airport we realised we were being followed by two cars.
In our hotel a weird stranger spent every breakfast listening to us. In all, we count 13 strangers - private investigators? - who were following us. Scientology denied sending PIs after the BBC.
Scientology is a pay-as-you-go religion - which is one of the reasons why the Charity Commission in Britain does not class it as a religion.
When you have paid as much as £100,000, you get to Operating Thetan Level Three and learn about "The Incident".
L Ron wrote that 75 million years ago an intergalactic space alien lord called Xenu kidnapped Thetans to earth, dumped them in volcanoes and blew them up with atomic bombs.
Ex-Scientologists have insisted to me that Xenu is part of Scientology. If so, it is a religion that requires its followers not to tell others about its core belief, which is very odd.
Critics say that if we all knew about Xenu, then Scientology could not charge people as much as £100,000 to find out about him.
Despite all the pressure - the letters from lawyers, the letters from MPs, the strangers knocking up my family and neighbours - if people from "disconnected" families tell me that Scientology is a cult, that will be reported.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6650545.stm
commend him for demonstrating that scientology is the only church that specializes in
manipulating minds to hate.
Sweeney was right. They were trying to brainwash him. Unlike scientologists who fear Xenu, John Sweeney reaction was only human. Here's his story:
Row over Scientology video
By John Sweeney
BBC News
Last Updated: Saturday, 12 May 2007, 22:51 GMT 23:51 UK
Scientologists want 'the global obliteration' of psychiatrists
The battleground is YouTube and Scientology's weapon is a clip of me losing it in the "Mind Control" section of a gruesome exhibition.
Scientology has fought many battles to keep its secrets off the web, now they are using it to attack my investigation into them. Scientology has prepared an attack video, and they have shown the Scientology v Sweeney shouting match to anyone who would watch it.
There is talk of 100,000 copies being released.
Family 'disconnects'
Scientology works. That is the message from celebs like John Travolta and Tom Cruise - who is, some say, keen on recruiting new Hollywood arrivals David and Victoria Beckham to what he calls his religion.
Others back the Church in various ways: Chief Superintendent Kevin Hurley of the City of London police helped open a new £20 million Scientology centre in London, and the authorities in the City of London have granted it cut-price rates.
If you are interested in becoming a TV journalist, it is a fine example of how not to do it. I look like an exploding tomato and shout like a jet engine ... it makes me cringe
But start asking questions and you see a different face of Scientology.
While making our BBC Panorama film "Scientology and Me" I have been shouted at, spied on, had my hotel invaded at midnight, denounced as a "bigot" by star Scientologists, brain-washed - that is how it felt to me - in a mock up of a Nazi-style torture chamber and chased round the streets of Los Angeles by sinister strangers.
Back in Britain strangers have called on my neighbours, my mother-in-law's house and someone spied on my wedding and fled the moment he was challenged.
I have met mothers who say they have suffered Scientology "disconnects" - meaning that their children have cut them completely out of their life so that they can spend more time with an organisation which a judge in 1984 characterised as "corrupt, sinister and dangerous".
Psychiatry battle
Scientology has two faces - nice and smiley, and sinister and dark. If you do not believe me, go and see their exhibition in Los Angeles, Psychiatry: Industry of Death. You enter through a door that is a mock-up of a torture chamber.
Scientologists want "the global obliteration" of psychiatrists, who they say were to blame for the rise of Nazi Germany.
To prove their point, they showed me hideous images of people having needles stuffed in their eyeballs, of patients undergoing electric shocks and having their brains operated on.
Sickening, nasty and wholly unconvincing - modern psychiatry, for all its faults, is not Nazi and to press the point in the way that Scientology does devalues the horror of the Holocaust.
I felt as though I was being brain-washed - and that if I did not fight it, they would have taken over my mind.
Ironically or not, it was in the "Mind Control" section of the exhibition that I lost it.
'Exploding tomato'
As often in life, I snapped over something completely different and quite trivial.
Top Scientologist Tommy "Don't mention the word cult" Davis had been goading me all week, and on the seventh day I fell into his elephant trap. He shouted at me and I shouted back, louder.
If you are interested in becoming a TV journalist, it is a fine example of how not to do it. I look like an exploding tomato and shout like a jet engine and every time I see it makes me cringe.
I apologised almost immediately, Tommy carried on as if nothing had happened but meanwhile Scientology had rushed off copies of me losing it to my boss, my boss's boss and my boss's boss's boss, the Director-General of the BBC.
I lost my voice, but not my mind.
This is the context Scientology will not tell you about. I have met too many good people who say Scientology was founded by a liar, L Ron Hubbard; that it attacks its critics without mercy; and the celebrities who endorse it have not the foggiest idea what it is really like.
Take "Rosemary", who is an ordinary mum and lives in England. She had two children and one died. Her surviving daughter was also her best friend. Then her daughter joined Scientology and her mother saw less and less of her.
Almost two years ago she received a "disconnect" - a letter cutting her mother out of her life totally.
Rosemary received no Christmas cards, no birthday cards, no Mother's Day cards.
Rosemary said Scientology was a cult. It was one of the most moving and shocking interviews I have ever done.
Out of the blue, three hours after we left, her daughter came round for the first time in almost two years seeking a reconciliation. The next day she begged her mum not to use the interview. So we won't.
Pay as you go
In Florida I met Mike Henderson, who with his wife Donna Shannon, spent $1m over three decades on Scientology's path to superhuman powers. When the couple left, they were disconnected from 20-odd family members left inside Scientology.
Mike's father - also disconnected - is dying, but five out of his six children will not speak to him because they are still inside Scientology.
After a long day with Mike and Donna we went back to our hotel at midnight, only to find Tommy Davis waiting in the lobby with his own black-clad Scientology cameraman.
He harangued me for talking to the heretics. I told him that Scientology had been spying on the BBC and that was creepy.
In LA, the moment our hire car left the airport we realised we were being followed by two cars.
In our hotel a weird stranger spent every breakfast listening to us. In all, we count 13 strangers - private investigators? - who were following us. Scientology denied sending PIs after the BBC.
Scientology is a pay-as-you-go religion - which is one of the reasons why the Charity Commission in Britain does not class it as a religion.
When you have paid as much as £100,000, you get to Operating Thetan Level Three and learn about "The Incident".
L Ron wrote that 75 million years ago an intergalactic space alien lord called Xenu kidnapped Thetans to earth, dumped them in volcanoes and blew them up with atomic bombs.
Ex-Scientologists have insisted to me that Xenu is part of Scientology. If so, it is a religion that requires its followers not to tell others about its core belief, which is very odd.
Critics say that if we all knew about Xenu, then Scientology could not charge people as much as £100,000 to find out about him.
Despite all the pressure - the letters from lawyers, the letters from MPs, the strangers knocking up my family and neighbours - if people from "disconnected" families tell me that Scientology is a cult, that will be reported.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6650545.stm
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